dovecot - Dec 2009 - How do i translate the old default_mail_env setting?

Hi,

	First, I am new to dovecot.  Before my Jan '08 meltdown,
	sendmail was sufficient.  A friend set up dovecot and since
	things just-worked, I was happy with that.  Now I have a new 
	mailserver and what was installed nearly two years ago fails.

	My pal installed things in dovecot.conf this way:

	default_mail_env = maildir:~/Maildir

	but the new mail environment is too different to be readily
	understood.  --At least for me!--  The "%u" variable is
	confusing; so in the "%h" ($HOME [?]) variable...

	Would the following edit work on my old conf file:


	mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir  ?

	tia,

	gary kline






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On Dec 6, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
> 	My pal installed things in dovecot.conf this way:
> 
> 	default_mail_env = maildir:~/Maildir
> 
> 	but the new mail environment is too different to be readily
> 	understood.  --At least for me!--  The "%u" variable is
> 	confusing; so in the "%h" ($HOME [?]) variable...
%h is exactly the same as ~.
> 	Would the following edit work on my old conf file:
> 
> 
> 	mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir  ?
Yes, that would work.

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 07:52:44PM -0500, Timo Sirainen
wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> > 	My pal installed things in dovecot.conf this way:
> > 
> > 	default_mail_env = maildir:~/Maildir
> > 
> > 	but the new mail environment is too different to be readily
> > 	understood.  --At least for me!--  The "%u" variable is
> > 	confusing; so in the "%h" ($HOME [?]) variable...
> 
> %h is exactly the same as ~.
> 
> > 	Would the following edit work on my old conf file:
> > 
> > 
> > 	mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir  ?
> 
> Yes, that would work.

	Appreciate it.  Is there an overview of your IMAP/POP3 server?
	Overview, tuturial, what dovecot does? newest features, etc?
	The fellow who set up dovecoat origially has [ what I believe 
	to be] an unnecessary SASL service.  I would like to avoid all
	redundancies, save CPU, troubles, and so on.   ...

	thanks much,

	gary



-- 
 Gary Kline  kline at thought.org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
        http://jottings.thought.org   http://transfinite.thought.org
    The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php